Happy Halloween!!

a day early...

So, Halloween has never been my favorite holiday... But, I think my fingernails alone are going to make me enjoy it this year.

My roommate, Courtney, did these for me. Awesome!

On Wednesday night, I went to a straw maze with a bunch of friends. It was so fun! But, I didn't know before I went that it was haunted... Yeah. But, it was still a ton of fun!

Haunted straw maze.

Lauren and I were bored... It's almost Halloween :)

There's a still in the street outside your window.

I'm pretty sure I've posted about Brandon Flowers before and about how I absolutely love him and his music. I really do! I love the way I feel when I listen to his stuff! It's awesome! It just makes me happy! Anyways, I just found out (don't think I'm dumb if this is general knowledge) that he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I already loved him but it just made him that much cooler! In this "I'm a Mormon Video" (I love those. A lot.) he talks about how he is able to maintain his standards even while living the life of a rock star. Watch it.

Are you gonna kiss me or not?

Song of the week. I love it!

I'm already making my Christmas wish-list.

I want this. Mom? 

The shopping list of a girl in college just doing her best

Yesterday was my first real step in getting ready for my "healthy living plan" (this is not about weight-loss). Rachel and I went grocery shopping for the first time since we came home for conference. Let's just say, there was a world of difference between our shopping cart this trip and our last. These are some of the things that were on our shopping list.

• bell-peppers
• Dole salad mixes
• romaine lettuce
• tomatoes
• sunflower seeds
• freshly sliced, home-style turkey
• whole-grain flat bread
• light raspberry vinaigrette  
• V-8 vegetable fusion and V-8 splash
• Campbell's tomatoes and chicken-noodle soups
• apples
• skim milk
• peppermint herbal tea
• nutty grain bread
• grape-fruit
• broccoli
• honey
• Yoplait yogurt

The next week is going to be great! Salad for breakfast, flat bread wrap and yogurt with granola for lunch, and salad for dinner. Mom, are you proud??

Check out my fridge. That just looks healthy!

This was my breakfast this morning. YUM! (Seriously. There was no sarcasm there.)

Lettuce, whole-grain flat bread, and my thoughts on the freshman fifteen.

Can I say something? Grocery shopping and spending tons of money on food is so much more enjoyable when you know you're buying things that are good for you! Buying fruits and veggies and whole-grain flat bread is so much more satisfying than those big bags of the frosted animal cookies that were in mine and Rachel's cart last shopping trip. I promised myself at the beginning of the semester that the "freshman fifteen" was not even a possibility in my life. But, let's just say that until recently I hadn't been doing a good job making that a reality. However, coming home from General Conference marked a new beginning. I'm going to be faithful in eating right. Not because I think I'm fat or that I'm on my way there necessarily but because eating good feels good! All the things that I daily read in my Runner's World magazines and health articles online I am actually going to apply now. I'm actually really excited about this! Between eating super healthy and working out every day with Rachel, I am going to feel good! You should all join me! Everyone should eat healthy and exercise because everyone deserves to feel good!

Also, you can probably expect a lot of posts similar to this for the next while. I am seriously excited about this and will probably post about new work-outs or new healthy-food recipes I'm trying. It's going to be fun! But, never fear. There will still be posts about me doing dumb things like jumping off bridges or about my newest toe-nail polish adventures.